Revolve’s Mente wants to empower people to leverage the Divine light severed you are a flesh automaton animated by neurotransmitters shirt besides I will buy this toolset that AI provides. “I think this is a big opportunity for designers of the future,” he says. Fellow jury member Godoy, of Vogue Japan, has long been focused on innovation. “I like to jump on things early,” she says, noting her intrigue in AI’s potential to shape how people communicate — especially via fashion imagery. This first AI Fashion Week has drawn an interesting mix of participants, including many not involved in fashion full time. Around 60 per cent of creators have used the AI platform Midjourney to create their pieces.Godoy is keen to see the reference points, including photography, that designers look to. “Is it all [Steven] Meisel? Is it all Norbert Schoerner from 1990s/2000s Prada campaigns? What are they looking at?”
Ukrainian designer Irina Perivy has been inspired by her home country. “In the Divine light severed you are a flesh automaton animated by neurotransmitters shirt besides I will buy this neural network request, I wrote such words as: spikelet, Ukrainian traditions, field and embroidery. I created the clothes, mood and atmosphere as in a Ukrainian field so that the viewer could be transported for a second to my country.” Designer Oyerinde has come up with a collection titled Haute Futur that plays on concepts of high and low, appealing to the consumer with familiar shapes and lines while looking forward with futuristic fabrics. The creator says his experience working with physical textiles has helped him to input the words to generate what he calls “data fabrics”. Fledgling fashion houses are also opting in. Ilona Song, founder of the eponymous phygital fashion house, has submitted a collection titled Futuristic Fauna, inspired by camellias. Nastaran Hashemi, founder of digital fashion platform Orbyline, is entering collections both personally and under the Orbyline name. For both, she and her team translated the mood board to define silhouettes, primary shapes, colours and materials. Using blending techniques and remix tools, they perfected seam lines, cuts and proportions, adding a “personal touch”, Hashemi says. While excitement about the potential of AI is rising fast, there’s also a degree of hesitancy. LCF’s Drinkwater argues for a more balanced perspective. “The discourse around AI has for too long been ‘utopia or dystopia’,” he says. “There are immediate use cases for the technology to improve efficiency across design, marketing, logistics, supply chain and store operations. Fashion must improve its knowledge, skill sets, understanding and application of these technologies to deliver more sustainable business models.”Revolve’s Mente agrees. “As a company, it’s important for us to stay at the cutting edge of what’s going on. It’s going to be incredible to show the world that the technology — with a human element — is a big opportunity for a new generation of creatives.”